Ray Benson's enduring group celebrate their adopted home state on a new album that features a guest shot by Billy Strings ...

The group's latest album, New Routes, features tracks penned by Shore. New music -- their myriad collaborations and tribute albums notwithstanding -- is something of a rarity from Asleep at the Wheel.

The fact that maybe Benson does take some pride in Asleep at the Wheel’s big milestone is reflected in the title of the album that the group has coming this fall: “Half a Hundred Years ...

Asleep at the Wheel's influence runs wide and deep after four decades of carrying the torch for western swing, touching millions of fans and inspiring generations of artists while picking up ...

In October 2020, Asleep At The Wheel joined a special Mountain Stage roadshow at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

But normally, as they say in Texas, Ray Benson has a ten-gallon mouth that he pours into his music. With his band Asleep at the Wheel, the life Benson loves really is making music with his friends.

Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson, the one mainstay through the Texas band's 50-year career, talks about keeping on for a half-century.